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明 kanji
bright, light
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
メイミョウミン
Kun readings
あかりあかるいあかるむあからむあきらかあける-あけあくあくるあかす
Variant forms
朙Words with 明
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —シーリング照明器具ceiling light
- —在留資格認定証明書Certificate of Eligibility for Resident Status
- —婚姻要件具備証明書certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage; certification of one's legal capacity to be married
- —明治二十七八年戦役Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
- —明鏡も裏を照らさずanyone can make a mistake; even Homer nods; even a polished mirror conceals its reverse side
- —プログラム保守説明書program maintenance manual
- —明示的並列命令コンピューティング技術Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing; EPIC
- —糺明searching examination; establishing the facts through thorough examination
- —辯明explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
- —辨明explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
- —明亮clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
- —明了clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
- —明晳clear; distinct
- —聰明wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
- —幽明semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light
- —明月harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month); bright moon; full moon
- —明君wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
- —明美picturesque (scenery); unspoilt; beautiful
- —明辨discernment; clear analysis
- —明辯clear expression; distinguished speech